Times staff
Thursday, May 12, 2011
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The newest edition of Sun Sports' Inside the Rays features manager Joe Maddon. The show looks at not only Maddon's job at the ballpark but his life away from it. The show includes clips from Maddon's hometown of Hazleton, Pa., and interviews with his mother, sister and high school history teacher. The show premieres at 5 p.m. Sunday and reairs throughout the next two months.
He wrote it
"(David Beckham's) promise to do everything within his power to help grow American professional soccer doesn't always include playing three games in 10 days. … The league deserves to be more than a diversion between social engagements."
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Bob Ford, on Beckham staying behind in Los Angeles to rest for the Galaxy's next home game even though a record crowd of 19,178 showed up Wednesday in Philadelphia, many hoping to see the star player
